On a clear night in June I watched a man kill himself. He said he was going to do it. I don't know why. And I'm not the only one. All we have to go on is the note he left behind.

If Angels in America playwright Tony Kushner can’t make a living in theatre, no one can. But there is a uniquely American solution.

"I don’t go to the cinema too often. I’m terrified of getting bedbugs"

About a week ago Fox News started a “Common Controversy” about whether the Chicago-based poet and rapper should have been invited to a White House poetry reading by the First Lady. Nothing new here...

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A Danish composer makes us change our own tempo.

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The news that Disney has hired Britney Spears to be a role-model for the studio’s... Read more →

Unemployment’s at 9.5%. 133,000 people lost their jobs last month.  Has there ever... Read more →